Area residents are invited to the sixth annual Humphrey Christmas Parade, set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

“This time of year is a special time for our community,” Humphrey Mayor Alice Black said. “This parade brings the Christmas spirit, especially to the elderly people in our city, plus the children of course.”

This year’s route will start at the former Humphrey school property and head north on South Division Street. The parade will then head south on Mulberry Street.

Black said “many churches in our area get involved, providing floats, which makes our parade very personable.

“We always have such a variety of entries, which makes it more fun,” she added.

Other than floats, Humphrey said the parade would include tractors, lawn mowers, golf carts, motorcycles, and a marching band. The parade will end with Santa Claus on top of the fire truck.